Talk:Organizational chart
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Organisational chart —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.117.0.90 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Types of organizational chart
Is it actually true that "there are three types of organization (sic) charts"? The items listed seem to be links to types of organizations, not charts (and I corrected the links assuming this)... and perhaps it was intended to mean that "each of these three types of organizations would have its own type of chart", but if so this needs to be rephrased. And I'm not sure if it would be relevant - sure the charts would look different for each of these three types of organizations, but aren't there also other organizational models for which this would be true? Pawl Kennedy 16:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wiki implementation?
Organizational chart#Limitations of an organizational chart mentions problems which sound stereotypical of centrally-maintained data:
- It only shows 'formal relationships' and tells nothing of the pattern of human (social) relationships which develop.
- It shows nothing about the managerial style adopted (eg autocratic or democratic)
- It very quickly becomes out-of-date, especially in large organizations who change their staff regularly.
Would it violate WP:NOR to point out the staggeringly obvious, namely that each of the above problems could potentially go away in a wiki implementation of an organizational chart? For example, in a large organization which changes staff regularly, it's difficult for a central human resources manager to keep track of all the staff turnover in every department, let alone to chart the non-centrally-planned work relationships which form spontaneously in a bottom-up style. It would make more sense for the people who directly generate and use the information (the workers themselves, and their immediate managers) to maintain their own portions of the organizational chart. Most likely, in a pre-wiki organization, only a handful of specialists will have editing authority over the organizational chart, and they won't personally know most of the people on the chart. Thus the chart will only be as good as their personal knowledge of what everyone else is doing, and their motivation to maintain the chart as the workforce turns over. My first Google search finds no obvious examples of wikified organizational charts, but if I find something suitable to cite, I will cite it. Teratornis 22:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
